Unreasonable Contest Attorney Fees Revisited in 'Torres'
Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court brought unreasonable contest attorney fees back to the forefront in the precedential matter of Torres v. Amazon.com Services (Workers' Compensation Appeals Board), and offered further elaboration as to the Supreme Court's holding in Lorino.
May 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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Legal ServicesWith all the recent attention to attorney fees awarded pursuant to Lorino v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, 266 A.3d 487 (Pa. 2021), the traditional understanding of Section 440′s so-called "unreasonable contest attorney fees" has been moved to the back burner, especially since Lorino, to some extent, provided a remedy to claimants' practitioners and their clients that Section 440 was previously never able to secure. Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court brought unreasonable contest attorney fees back to the forefront in the precedential matter of Torres v. Amazon.com Services (Workers' Compensation Appeals Board), Commw. No. 1398 C.D. 2022, filed April 9, 2024), and offered further elaboration as to the Supreme Court's holding in Lorino.
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